Doctors and other healthcare professionals are natural storytellers in their gathering of patient information, documenting histories of present illnesses, and presenting patients, but the language and style are unique to medicine.
With narrative medicine, you incorporate the conventions of literature and prose, syntax and meter, and a different vocabulary. The stuff creative sorts get excited about.
If you find a muse bending your ear and prodding your fingers, you might find satisfaction in expressing yourself in ways you can’t in a medical record. Narrative writing can be fulfilling and healing.
If you’re new to writing, or if you were a former writer, here are some tips to ignite that spark.
Write regularly.
Write about anything that comes to mind.
Be honest with yourself.
Be patient.
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